Top players Jurgen Klopp missed out signing at Liverpool

Dahoud was doing well with Borussia Monchengladbach
and given how familiar Klopp was with the club, he was eager to sign the
youngster when he came to Liverpool. But given an amount of £25m was demanded
and Dahoud not much accustomed to the Premier League style, Liverpool went with
Gini Wjinaldum for a price of £23m. Luckily, the move has turned out quite well
for both the player and the club.

6.
Alex Teixeira:

Teixeira
was one of the likely players to join Liverpool when Klopp came in. He was
vocal about his interest in joining the Reds but given the hard ball Shakhtar
Donetsk were playing during the transfer negotiations, the move failed.
Teixeira went on to join Chinese club Jiangsu Suning later on.

5.
Ben Chilwell:

After
Liverpool’s defeat in the Europa league final in 2016, the Reds definitely
needed a left back. They contacted Leicester City to sign Chilwell and
apparently the move failed for either of the two reasons. Liverpool either
didn’t meet the player’s demands or the price Leicester were demanding. They
went the entire next season without a natural left back and played James Milner
instead in the position.

4.
Mario Gotze:

Gotze
had already played under Klopp at Dortmund and when the German manager came to
Liverpool, he wanted the German playmaker to join him. But he was unsure about
Gotze’s commitment as he was looking for more options to play for and hence
Klopp pulled the plug and didn’t go after the former Bayern Munich man.

3.
Piotr Zielinski:

Zielinski
was probably closer than Gotze or Dahoud to join the Reds but as soon as it was
known to the Udinese team that the Polish midfielder wanted a move to
Liverpool, they started playing hardball with the Reds. The move became very
difficult to materialize and Napoli sneaked in and got the transfer done.

2.
Ousmane Dembele:

Dembele
was doing very well and had met up with Jurgen Klopp for a tentative move to
Liverpool. But the Frenchman was very clear of where he wanted to play and
therefore the former Rennes’ player decided to join Dortmund and eventually
signed for Barcelona.

Nabil Fekir:

Alike the Virgil Van Djik transfer sage, the one with
Nabil Fekir did get messy too. After it seemed that Liverpool and Lyon had
agreed upon a deal for the Frenchman, Liverpool apparently were uncertain for
the player given his medical reports. This did not go down well with the Lyon
representatives as the Reds wanted to renegotiate the terms and ultimately Lyon
declared an official statement saying the negotiations have failed.